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> "Would we have as much compassion for a school opening on a pacific island where everything needed to be transported in...when you could instead move people t
by darkpuma 8y ago
> "Would we have as much compassion for a school opening on a pacific island where everything needed to be transported in...when you could instead move people to civilization instead?"
Weird example, I would expect more compassion from most people for that scenario. Criticizing coal plants is common but criticizing people for living on Hawaii seems.. unusual.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoHawaii is years ahead of its targets to move to renewables, which is why I didn’t use them as an example. I meant somewhere like the Marshall Islands, where there’s nothing.
- darkpuma 8y agoYour example was shipping to Pacific Islands... Have you seen the price of typical consumer goods in Hawaii? Damn near everything is shipped in and that's neither cheap nor environmentally friendly. Particularly due to economic consequences of the Jones Act. Anyway, criticism for living somewhere like the Marshall Islands, while perhaps rationally warranted, is very rare to actually see compared to criticism for coal plants. So this is still a bizarre example.
- toomuchtodo 8y ago[deleted] Edit: I take no issue with the people of Hawaii, and that was not the example I intended.
- darkpuma 8y agoIt was not my intention to address, much less defend, that. I'm addressing your assertion that people have less sympathy for island dwellers.